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Academia & Midrashim: First Rule of Pshat

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Arnie Wittenstein examines the complex relationship between academic interpretations and traditional Jewish approaches to Midrashim and Tanakh study. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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RashiJewish ThoughtAcademiaMidrashTanakhBiblical StudiesRambanShekhinahInterpretationAnthropomorphism

Places mentioned

Cairo, Egypt
"And the point over here, the Rashi's point over here in the Makas, in the Makot, in the Eser Makot, in Mitzrayim, in Egypt, is that when it says the Nile turned into blood, it means it really turned into blood."
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